Anemone : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Anemone	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for Anemone
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
anemone n any woodland plant of the genus Anemone grown for its beautiful flowers and whorls of dissected leaves Synonym(s): anemone, windflower marine polyps that resemble flowers but have oral rings of tentacles; differ from corals in forming no hard skeleton Synonym(s): sea anemone, anemone
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Pulsatilla \[d8]Pul`satil"la\, n. [NL.] (Bot.) A genus of ranunculaceous herbs including the pasque flower. This genus is now merged in {{Anemone}}. Some species, as {Anemone* Pulsatilla}, {Anemone pratensis}, and {Anemone patens}, are used medicinally.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Anemone \Anem"one\, n. [L. anemone, Gr. [?], fr. [?] wind.] 1. (Bot.) A genus of plants of the {Ranunculus} or Crowfoot family; windflower. Some of the species are cultivated in gardens. 2. (Zo[94]l.) The sea anemone. See {Actinia}, and {Sea anemone}. Note: This word is sometimes pronounced [acr]n`[emac]*m[omac]"n[esl], especially by classical scholars.